Britain Goes Wild with Bill Oddie was a live BBC TV show, broadcast nightly, Monday – Thursday, from 2004-05-31–2004-06-17. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world. ... Idiot box redirects here. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... May 31 is the 151st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (152nd in leap years), with 214 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining. ...

Following on from the previous year's Wild In Your Garden, presenters Bill Oddie, Kate Humble and Simon King spent one hour each evening, describing wildlife and presenting live action from a number of hidden cameras in or near nest boxes, as well as a badger sett. Short, pre-filmed documentary pieces were also included. While Oddie and Humble both presented the series from an organic farm in Devon, England, where the nestboxes and sett were located, King worked on location - at Bass Rock observing gannets in the first week, at a quarry observing a family of peregrine falcons in the second week, at the London Wetlands Centre in the third week, and joining Oddie and Humble on the farm for the final programme. Wild In Your Garden was a live BBC TV show, broadcast in 2003. ... Bill Oddie William Edgar (Bill) Oddie, OBE, BA, MA (Cantab. ... Kate Humble is a UK television presenter, specialising in wildlife and science programmes. ... Simon King is a UK television presenter and cameraman, specialising in wildlife programmes. ... A camera is a device used to take pictures (usually photographs), either singly or in sequence, with or without sound recording, such as with video cameras. ... nest box A nest box (or nestbox) is a man-made box provided for animals to nest in. ... Binomial name Meles meles Linnaeus, 1758 The Eurasian or European badger, Meles meles, is a mammal indigenous to most of Europe (excluding northern Scandinavia, Iceland, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily and Cyprus) and to many parts of Asia, from about 15° to 65° North, and from about 10° West to 135° East. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Bales of hay on a farm near Ames, Iowa A farm is the basic unit in agriculture. ... Devon is a large county in South West England, bordering on Cornwall to the west, Dorset and Somerset to the east. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages English Capital London Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid... Bass Rock from North Berwick. ... This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ... Binomial name Falco peregrinus Tunstall, 1771 The Peregrine Falcon, sometimes formerly known in North America, as Duck Hawk (Falco peregrinus) is a medium-sized falcon about the size of a large crow: 38-53 cm (15 to 21 inches) long. ... Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust London Wetlands Centre WWT London Wetlands Centre is a wetland reserve managed by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust in the Barnes area of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, by Barn Elms. ...

It set a record for its timeslot of 8pm on BBC TWO on its first evening of broadcast of 3.4 million viewers — one million more than the Channel 4 programme showing at that time. It also created a run on nest boxes for wild birds and bumble bees, bird baths and bird feed from suppliers, likened to the Delia power phenomenon created when Delia Smith mentioned the tools and ingredients she was using on her cooking programme Delia's How to Cook. BBC Two (or BBC2 as it was formerly styled) was the second UK television station to be aired by the BBC and Europes first television channel to broadcast regularly in colour (from 1967), envisaged as a home for less mainstream and more ambitious programming. ... Channel 4 is a public service television broadcaster in the United Kingdom (see British television). ... Orders Many - see section below. ... Species see text A bumblebee in flight The bumblebee is a flying insect of the genus Bombus in the family Apidae. ... Delia Smith (born 18 June 1941, in Woking, Surrey) is a British TV chef, known for her interest in food and teaching basic cookery. ...

Oddie presented an update of some of the featured animals later in 2004.

A sequel, Springwatch with Bill Oddie, was broadcast in 2005. Springwatch with Bill Oddie is a live BBC TV show, broadcast nightly, Monday - Thursday, from 30 May - 16 June 2005. ...

External links

• BBC press release of 23 June 2004, reviewing the series